From Adele, to Taylor Swift to Pink, celebs can't help but put their personal lives into their art. Find out who the muses ...

Breaking up is hard to do. But if there’s any upside to splitting up, it’s the opportunity to experience and relate to breakup songs like never before. It’s true – tracks from breakup balladeers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taylor Swift is known for writing exceptional breakup songs. The best examples in Swift's catalog include "Dear John," "Champagne ...

This 1976 song became a breakup power ballad.

Breakup songs are more than commonplace. Lost love tales are inescapable–and have been so for decades. Needless to say, we’re all well-versed in the conventions behind them. However, they only start ...

This hit song was ranked among the best songs ever made.

With Valentine’s Day coming up, love is on everyone’s mind. However, not everyone is feeling the warm fuzzy feelings. Plenty of people are watching everyone make romantic plans while they’re picking ...

According to the newly released data, Taylor Swift appears on more user-created breakup playlists than any other artist on Spotify, solidifying her status as the voice of love lost. Swift is known for ...

If you take a microscope to Russell Dickerson's song library you will find barely any songs about a breakup. That's by design. Dickerson sat on the Taste of Country Nights barstool, and I asked him ...

For many, it seemed like Gotye came out of nowhere. The folksy, Australian indie-rock artist (né Wally de Backer) has captivated U.S. listeners with his irresistible, nuanced breakup song, “Somebody ...

Not all breakup songs are sad, though, even if in some cases, the more devastating the better. The range of tracks in this specific canon reflect the vast spectrum of emotions a person can feel after ...

Taylor Swift has perfected the art of the breakup anthem. Although Swift's newest album, "The Life of a Showgirl," is, in her words, more "flirty and fun" than much of her past work, the ...